M.L. SATYANARAYANA)S. YATHIRAJPLACID E. D’SOUZASUGUNA RAOPRATHAP KUMAR, S.M.2019-07-092019-07-092005-09http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810113363PG THESISThe poultry farming activity in India has achieved phenomenal growth in the last few decades. This is well substantiated by the fact that egg and poultry meat production has raised from 5300 millions and 1,21,000 tonnes in 1970 to 34,034 millions and 42,00,000 tonnes respectively in 2002. Inspite of rapid expansion in poultry industry there has been a big gap between the production and demand for poultry products. This has encouraged many farmers to take up poultry farming activity in a big way. Continuous genetic selection for feed efficiency and weight gain in broilers has resulted in gross imbalance of certain organ/system to body mass. Cardiovascular, urinary and digestive systems are overburdened with drastic reduction in reserve function. Function failure of these organ/systems has resulted in emergence of several diseases and disorders, one such disorder currently attracting the attention of researchers and farmers is gout in broilers.enVETERINARY PATHOLOGYThesis